Changeset 1301 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

May 27, 2011, 3:56:52 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

clarify 403 forbidden (see #294)

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

@@ -1770 +1770 @@
   <iref primary="true" item="Status Codes" subitem="403 Forbidden" x:for-anchor=""/>
 <t>
-   The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
-   Authorization will not help and the request &SHOULD-NOT;  be repeated.
+   The server understood the request, but refuses to authorize it. Providing
+   different user authentication credentials might be successful, but any
+   credentials that were provided in the request are insufficient. The request
+   &SHOULD-NOT; be repeated with the same credentials.
 </t>
 <t>
@@ -1778 +1780 @@
    reason for the refusal in the representation.  If the server does not wish to
    make this information available to the client, the status code 404
-   (Not Found) can be used instead.
+   (Not Found) &MAY; be used instead.
 </t>
 </section>
@@ -4121 +4123 @@
 <section title="Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-14" anchor="changes.since.14">
 <t>
-  None yet.
-</t>
-</section>
-
+  Closed issues:
+  <list style="symbols"> 
+    <t>
+      <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/294"/>:
+      "clarify 403 forbidden"
+    </t>
+  </list>
+</t>
+</section>
 </section>